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US3944498A
US3944498A US05/420,429 US42042973A US3944498A US 3944498 A US3944498 A US 3944498A US 42042973 A US42042973 A US 42042973A US 3944498 A US3944498 A US 3944498A
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  • microbicides are believed to have a particular combination of properties; namely, low toxicity to fish, mammals and terrestrial plants and plant parts, and high toxicity to microbes including both gram-negative and gram-positive types in many environments including soaps and detergents such as the fatty acid, anionic, and non-ionic soaps and detergents.
  • a further advantage relates to the instability of the compounds under substantially alkaline aqueous conditions whereby the compounds have a tendency to break down and are thus degradable.
  • novel compounds of the present invention are thienyliodonium salts corresponding to the following formula: ##SPC1##
  • the invention further provides the method which comprises treating microbes in inanimate, plant and external animal habitats with an antimicrobial amount of such a 2-thienyliodonium salt.
  • the invention further provides germicidal detergents comprising an antimicrobial amount of a 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium salt, as defined above.
  • the compounds have been found to be of high toxicity to many bacterial organisms or plants including gram-negative and gram-positive types, such as S. aureus, S. typhose, B. subtilis, E. coli, P. aeruginosa, C. pelliculosa, A. terreus, A. aerogenes, P. chrysogenum, A. niger, C. globosum, P. digitatum, P. citri, D. natalensis, A. solani, E. amylovora or R. solani.
  • gram-negative and gram-positive types such as S. aureus, S. typhose, B. subtilis, E. coli, P. aeruginosa, C. pelliculosa, A. terreus, A. aerogenes, P. chrysogenum, A. niger, C. globosum, P. digitatum, P. citri, D. natalensis
  • the compounds advantageously may be distributed in natural and synthetic fabrics, and paper or other cellulosic products, or may be employed in the impregnation of wood, lumber, wallboard, and plaster to protect such products from the attack of the bacterial organisms of rot, mold, mildew and decay.
  • the thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate can be prepared by reacting together trifluoroacetic acid, thiophene, and 4-chloroiodosobenzene diacetate having the formula: ##SPC2##
  • the reaction is preferably carried out in an organic liquid such as methylene chloride, ethylene dichloride, carbon tetrachloride, methylchloroform, heptane, or methylcyclohexane, and conveniently in acetic anhydride or in a mixture of acetic anhydride and trifluoroacetic acid.
  • the reaction goes forward when the reagents are employed in any amounts.
  • the reaction consumes the reagents in substantially equimolecular amounts and the employment of amounts which represent about equimolecular proportions is preferred.
  • the reaction proceeds under temperatures from -30° to 40°C. and is preferably carried out at temperatures of from -20° to 40°C.
  • the desired 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate is separated by conventional procedures.
  • the 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, trifluoroacetate and trichloroacetate salts are dispersed in melted nutrient agar to produce culture media containing 0.001 percent by weight of one of the salt compounds. Such melted media are then poured into petri dishes and the solidified surface in each dish inoculated with a 24-hour broth culture, one of the organisms S. aureus and S. typhosa.
  • petri dishes containing unmodified nutrient agar are each individually inoculated in the same manner with the named organisms. After two days' incubation at 35°C. the agar surface in each dish is examined for microbial growth. The examination shows that the agar surface in the dishes containing the thienyliodonium salts is free of microbial growth. At the time of these observations the check dishes are found to support a heavy growth of the two named organisms.
  • the check panels painted with the unmodified composition are found to support a heavy growth of the organisms of mold and mildew covering approximately 75 percent of the painted surfaces.
  • the examination shows that the plates containing 2.5 parts per million, p.p.m., by weight of phenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride and 5 parts per million by weight of 2,2'-bisthienyliodonium chloride are completely free of bacterial growth (referred to as 100 percent kill in Tables) of S. aureus while the plates containing 500 parts per million by weight of diphenyliodonium chloride and the check plates containing no iodonium salt are found to have a heavy uniform growth of the test organism.
  • the first column gives the chemical structures of the test compounds, while the additional columns give the names of the test organisms and the minimum inhibitory concentration in parts per million (p.p.m.) of the compounds listed for 100% growth inhibition against the particular microorganisms indicated. A dash indicates that the compound was not tested against that organism.
  • 50 p.p.m. of Ivory soap was also present in the culture medium for part A of Table 1, while in part B of Table 1, the culture medium was free of any additive other than the test compound.
  • the data for compounds 13 through 16 of part B of Table 1 were taken from Cannon U.S. Pat. No. 3,207,660 while those for compounds 17 and 18 were taken from trade literature.
  • Table 2 shows that whereas (p-chlorophenyl)(phenyliodonium)chloride, is shown in Table 1 to be one of the more effective antimicrobials of the diphenyliodonium type, it has a low and undesirable LD 50 of 68 mg/kg in mice.
  • the antimicrobial iodolium etc. compounds of Cannon U.S. Pat. No. 3,207,660 have even lower LD 50 values, ranging between 8 and 21.32 ⁇ 3.2 mg/kg in mice.
  • Merthiolate has an LD 50 of 66 subcutaneously and hexachlorophene has an oral LD 50 of 161.
  • Irgasan antimicrobial having a reported LD 50 of 4,000 mg/kg in mice, has a minimum growth inhibiting concentration of more than 300 ppm against P. aeruginosa.
  • the thienyliodonium antimicrobials are more effective and have desirably high LD 50 values of 500 to more than 4,000, as shown.
  • ClPhThICl p-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride
  • clPhThICL 5.0 gms of dried powdered Dove soap (coconut oil acid ester of sodium isethionate) in 94.9 ml. of water.
  • Formulations VI and VII were aged 3 weeks at room temperature before being tested for antimicrobial activity. The other compositions were not aged before testing.
  • test agars were prepared by mixing appropriate amounts of the stock solution with a measured amount of sterile molten agar that had been cooled to 60°C. The treated molten agar was immediately mixed and poured into a sterile petri dish. Nutrient agar was used for testing bacteria and malt yeast agar for fungi and yeasts. In most cases, the test agars containing 10, 7.5, 5.0, 2.5, 1.0, 0.75 and 0.5 ppm of ClPhThICl were prepared from each formulation as described above. In the case of fungi and yeasts, a concentration of 50 ppm was also tested. Agars containing the formulation without the antimicrobial were also included at the appropriate levels to test the activity of the formulation.
  • test cultures were applied to the surface of the hardened agar with a sterile cotton swab. A streak of about 11/2 inches long was made. The inoculated plates were incubated for 48 hours at 30°C. Results in Table 3 are recorded as growth or no growth for the minimum concentration for 100% inhibition of growth. In all cases, the next lower concentration tested failed to inhibit growth of the microorganism completely. The blank spaces indicate that the formulation was not tested against the indicated microorganism.
  • the oral median lethal dose, LD 50 was determined for ClPhThICl in Swiss mice (Cox strain) within a weight range of 16 to 22 grams. Five groups of mice, each consisting of 15 males and 15 females, were given ClPhThICl in an aqueous 0.5 percent METHOCEL hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (4000 cps.) suspension at a concentration of 300 mg/ml. The compound was administered as a single oral dose at 0.2 logarithmic dose intervals (708, 1120, 1780, 2820, 4450 mg/kg) and the following mortality experience was noted:
  • LD 50 values and 95 percent confidence limits calculated at 24 hours, 7 and 14 days by the method of Litchfield-wilcoxon were as follows:
  • the oral median lethal dose (LD 50 ) of ClPhThICl was also determined in Sprague-Dawley (Cox strain) rats within a weight range of 93 to 118 grams. Five groups of rats, each consisting of 10 males and 10 females, were given the compound in an aqueous 0.5 percent METHOCEL hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (4000 cps.) suspension at a concentration of 300 mg/ml. The compound was administered as a single oral dose at 0.2 logarithmic dose intervals (709, 1120, 1780, 2820, 4450 mg/kg), and the following mortality experience was noted:

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Abstract

The present invention is concerned with novel antimicrobial thienyliodonium salts and methods and compositions employing the same, and is particularly directed to a class of thienyliodonium salts which are of value as antimicrobials and microbicides for the control of many bacterial organisms such as the gram-negative and gram-positive types, the molds, the mildews, the fungi and the slimes, and are of particular value for the preservation of paper, plaster, wallboards, fabric, textiles, cooling waters, plasticizers, latices, polymers, resins, adhesives, inks, paints, fuels, cutting oils, greases, seeds, terrestrial plants, detergents, soaps, shampoos and wood.

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This is a division of application Ser. No. 323,977, filed Jan. 15, 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,885,036.
This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 265,395, filed June 22, 1972 now U.S. Pat. No. 3,763,187 which latter is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 154,182, filed June 17, 1971, abandoned which latter is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 806,739, filed Mar. 12, 1969 abandoned, the latter being a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 677,772, filed Oct. 24, 1967, abandoned.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Many chemical materials have been proposed as valuable as antimicrobials and as preservatives. However, the materials heretofore proposed usually have been restricted in their scope of utility by virtue of one or more shortcomings such as low toxicity to bacterial organisms, toxicity to a relatively few types of organisms, toxicity to gram-positive types but not to gram-negative types of bacterial organisms, unfavorable toxicity to aquatic or terrestrial plants, unfavorable toxicity to mammals and lack of toxicity in the presence of detergents or soaps. The present compounds and methods wherein they are employed as microbicides are believed to have a particular combination of properties; namely, low toxicity to fish, mammals and terrestrial plants and plant parts, and high toxicity to microbes including both gram-negative and gram-positive types in many environments including soaps and detergents such as the fatty acid, anionic, and non-ionic soaps and detergents. A further advantage relates to the instability of the compounds under substantially alkaline aqueous conditions whereby the compounds have a tendency to break down and are thus degradable.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The novel compounds of the present invention are thienyliodonium salts corresponding to the following formula: ##SPC1##
Wherein R' represents chloride, trifluoroacetate or trichloroacetate. These compounds are crystalline solid materials which are somewhat soluble in many common organic solvents and in water.
The invention further provides the method which comprises treating microbes in inanimate, plant and external animal habitats with an antimicrobial amount of such a 2-thienyliodonium salt. The invention further provides germicidal detergents comprising an antimicrobial amount of a 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium salt, as defined above.
The compounds have been found to be of high toxicity to many bacterial organisms or plants including gram-negative and gram-positive types, such as S. aureus, S. typhose, B. subtilis, E. coli, P. aeruginosa, C. pelliculosa, A. terreus, A. aerogenes, P. chrysogenum, A. niger, C. globosum, P. digitatum, P. citri, D. natalensis, A. solani, E. amylovora or R. solani. The compounds are of low toxicity to terrestrial plants and may be applied to many bacterial plants and their habitats in bactericidal amounts to obtain excellent controls of the microbial organisms which attack the seeds, roots or above-ground portions of terrestrial plants. Such practice protects the terrestrial plants and seeds and improves crop yield and the emergence and growth of seedlings. In further operations, it has been found that the compounds may be included in adhesives, cooling waters, inks, plasticizers, latices, resinous polymeric materials, fuels, greases, soaps, detergents, shampoos, cutting oils and oil or latex paints to prevent mold and mildew and the degradation of such products resulting from microbial attack. By resinous polymeric materials is meant natural and synthetic resinous polymers and plastic compositions or films derived therefrom. Also, the compounds advantageously may be distributed in natural and synthetic fabrics, and paper or other cellulosic products, or may be employed in the impregnation of wood, lumber, wallboard, and plaster to protect such products from the attack of the bacterial organisms of rot, mold, mildew and decay.
The thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate can be prepared by reacting together trifluoroacetic acid, thiophene, and 4-chloroiodosobenzene diacetate having the formula: ##SPC2##
The reaction is preferably carried out in an organic liquid such as methylene chloride, ethylene dichloride, carbon tetrachloride, methylchloroform, heptane, or methylcyclohexane, and conveniently in acetic anhydride or in a mixture of acetic anhydride and trifluoroacetic acid. The reaction goes forward when the reagents are employed in any amounts. The reaction consumes the reagents in substantially equimolecular amounts and the employment of amounts which represent about equimolecular proportions is preferred. The reaction proceeds under temperatures from -30° to 40°C. and is preferably carried out at temperatures of from -20° to 40°C. Upon completion of the reaction, the desired 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate is separated by conventional procedures.
In a convenient method of carrying out the reaction, the trifluoroacetic acid and iodosodiacetate are brought together in the reaction medium and the thiophene reagent added portionwise thereto with agitation. The reaction is exothermic and goes forward readily with the addition of the thiophene. The temperature of the reaction mixture can be controlled by regulating the rate of the addition of thiophene and by external cooling. The reaction essentially is complete upon completion of the addition of the thiophene. Allowing the resulting mixture to stand for a period of time at somewhat elevated temperatures oftentimes gives some improvement in yield. Upon completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture may be distilled under reduced pressure to remove a portion of the low boiling constituents and obtain the desired 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate as a crystalline residue. This residue may be further purified by crystallization from organic solvents or aqueous organic solvents such as acetone, ethyl acetate, heptane or mixtures thereof.
The corresponding trichloroacetate is prepared by substituting trichloroacetic acid in place of trifluoroacetic acid in the procedure described above.
The corresponding chloride can be prepared from the 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate by treatment of said trifluoroacetate with gaseous or aqueous hydrogen chloride. The reaction of the trifluoroacetate with the hydrogen chloride preferably is carried out in a liquid reaction medium, conveniently in acetone or ethyl acetate. The amounts of the reagents to be employed are not critical, some of the desired thienyliodonium chloride being obtained when employing the reagents in any proportions. However, the reaction consumes the reagents in substantially equimolecular proportions and the use of the reagents in amounts which represent such proportions is preferred. The reaction takes place readily at temperatures of from 0° to 50°C. with the production of the 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride and trifluoroacetic acid. During the reaction, the chloride salt usually precipitates in the reaction mixture as a crystalline solid. Following the reaction, the reaction mixture may be distilled under reduced pressure to remove low boiling constituents and bring about precipitation of the desired salt product. The 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride so prepared may be separated by decantation or filtration, and further purified by recrystallization from various organic solvents or aqueous organic solvents such as acetone, ethyl acetate, normalpentane, heptane or mixtures thereof.
The iodosodiacetate employed as a starting material as herein described can be prepared in accordance with known methods. In such methods, 4-chloroiodobenzene dichloride is reacted with lead acetate (CH3 COO-Pb-OOCCH3). The reaction takes place readily at room temperature with the production of the desired diacetate and lead chloride. The dichloride employed in such mechanism is conveniently prepared in a known procedure by the chlorination of 4-chloroiodobenzene.
In an alternative procedure, the 4-chloroiodosobenzene diacetate can be prepared by reacting the 4-chloroiodobenzene with peracetic acid in acetic acid and acetic anhydride solution. This reaction conveniently is carried out at room temperature. In these reaction, 4-chloroiodosobenzene diacetate, the desired product, is isolated as a crystalline solid and is separated and purified in accordance with known procedures.
Good controls of microbes can be obtained when the toxicant compounds are applied to the above-ground portions of terrestrial plants at a dosage of from 1 to 10 or more pounds per acre (1.12-11.2 kg./hectare). In applications to soil for the control of root-attacking microbes, good results are obtained when the salt compounds are distributed at a rate of from 10 to 100 pounds or more per acre (11.2-112 kg/hectare). In general field applications, it is usually preferred that the compounds be distributed to a depth of at least 2 inches (5 cm.) below the soil surfaces.
In the protection and preservation of inks, adhesives, soaps, detergents, greases, fuels, cutting oils, textiles, fabrics, latices, resinous plasticizers, polymeric materials and paper, good results are obtained when the compounds are incorporated in such products in the amount of at least 0.0005 percent by weight. In the protection of seeds, good results are obtained when the seeds are treated with the compounds at a dosage of 0.5 ounce per 100 pounds of seed (0.03 weight percent based on weight of seed). In the preservation of wood, wallboard and plaster, excellent results are obtained when the compounds are incorporated by conventional treatment of these products in the amount of 0.1 pound or more per cubic foot (0.0016 g./cc.) of product. In the treatment of fruit, good results are obtained with liquid washes containing at least 5 parts per million by weight of salt compound.
In the preservation and protection of oil and latex paints and primers against destruction caused by the growth of bacteria, the compounds are preferably employed at concentrations of at least 0.05 percent by weight.
The method of the present invention can be carried out employing unmodified compounds or by employment of liquid or dust compositions containing the toxicants. In such usage, the compounds are modified with one or a plurality of additaments or adjuvants including water, organic solvents, petroleum oils, petroleum distillates, naphthas or other liquid carriers, polymeric thickening agents, urea, surface-active dispersing agents and finely divided inert solids. In compositions wherein the adjuvant or helper is a finely divided solid, a surface-active agent or the combination of a surface-active agent and a liquid diluent, the carrier cooperates with the active component so as to facilitate the invention and to obtain an improved result.
The exact concentration of the toxicants to be employed in the treating compositions is not critical and may vary considerably provided the required dosage of the effective agent is supplied. The concentration of toxicant in liquid compositions generally is from 0.0001 to 50 percent by weight. Concentrations up to 95 percent by weight are oftentimes conveniently employed. In dusts, the concentrations of the toxicant can be from about 0.1 to 95 percent by weight. In compositions to be employed as concentrates, the toxicants can be present in a concentration of from 5 to 98 percent by weight.
In further embodiments, the salt compounds as employed in accordance with the present invention, or compositions containing the same, can be advantageously employed in the present invention in combination with one or more pesticidal or preservative compounds to obtain products of enhanced properties. In such embodiments, such pesticidal or preservative compounds are employed either as a supplemental toxicant, an additament or as an adjuvant. Representative pesticidal or preservative compounds include substituted phenols, cresols, substituted cresols and their heavy metal salts, bisphenols and thiobisphenols; halogenated salicylanilides, organosulfur compounds, carbamate compounds, quaternary ammonium compounds, organometallic compounds, inorganic salts and miscellaneous other compounds such as phenol; cresol; trichlorophenols; tetrachlorophenols; pentachlorophenol; p-chloro-m-cresol; di- and tribrominated salicylanilides; 2,2'-methylene-bis(3,4,6-trichlorophenol); 2,2'-thiobis(4,6-dichlorophenol); 1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane chloride; halo(alkylsulfonyl)-pyridines; halo(alkylsulfinyl)pyridines; 2,4',5-tribromosalicylanilide; 2-chloro-4-cyclohexylphenol; 2-chloro-4-cyclopentylphenol; 2,2'-bis(3,4,6-trichlorophenyl)methane; 2,2'-bis(5-chloro-2-hydroxyphenyl)methane; halogenated trifluoromethyl salicylanilide; zinc dimethyldithiocarbamate; 2-mercaptobenzothiazole; 3,5-dimethyltetrahydro-1,3,5,2H-thiadiazine-2-thione; 2,3-dinitro-1,4-dithiaanthraquinone; dodecyl pyridinium chloride; alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride; dialkyl dimethyl ammonium chloride; phenylmercuric acetate; phenyl mercuric oleate; phenylmercuric propionate; chloromethoxy acetoxy mercuripropane; bis-tributyl tin oxide; bix-tripropyl tin oxide; copper pentachlorophenate; copper 8-hydroxyquinolate; mercuric chloride; boric acid; sodium borate; ethylmercuric chloride; 9-undecylenic acid; or 10,10'-oxybisphenoxarsine and 1,4-bromobisacetobutene.
DESCRIPTION OF SOME PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS EXAMPLE 1 4-Chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate
4-Chloroiodosobenzene diacetate (17.3 grams; 0.05 mole) was dispersed in a mixture of 15 milliliters each of acetic anhydride and trifluoroacetic acid, and a solution of thiophene (8.4 grams; 0.10 mole) in 60 milliliters of acetic anhydride added slowly thereto. The addition was carried out with stirring in 55 minutes at -20°C. Stirring was continued for 65 minutes at -20°C., and the reaction mixture thereafter warmed and maintained at -3°C. with stirring for 15 hours to insure completion of the reaction. The reaction mixture was concentrated by fractional distillation under reduced pressure up to 50°C., and the resulting residue diluted with 100 milliliters of diethyl ether. During the dilution, the 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate precipitated as a crystalline solid and was separated by filtration. The solid, recrystallized from a mixture of acetone and normal pentane, melted at 156°-157.5°C.
EXAMPLE 2 4-Chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride
4-Chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium trifluoroacetate (7 grams; 0.0161 mole) was dispersed in 8 milliliters of an 88 percent by weight solution of formic acid in water, and a saturated aqueous solution of hydrogen chloride (12 milliliters) added thereto at room temperature with stirring. During the addition, 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride precipitated as a crystalline solid and was filtered, washed with ether and water, and twice recrystallized from ethanol. The product melted at 217°-218°C.
EXAMPLE 3
The 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, trifluoroacetate and trichloroacetate salts are dispersed in melted nutrient agar to produce culture media containing 0.001 percent by weight of one of the salt compounds. Such melted media are then poured into petri dishes and the solidified surface in each dish inoculated with a 24-hour broth culture, one of the organisms S. aureus and S. typhosa. In a check operation, petri dishes containing unmodified nutrient agar are each individually inoculated in the same manner with the named organisms. After two days' incubation at 35°C. the agar surface in each dish is examined for microbial growth. The examination shows that the agar surface in the dishes containing the thienyliodonium salts is free of microbial growth. At the time of these observations the check dishes are found to support a heavy growth of the two named organisms.
EXAMPLE 4
4-Chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride is employed in a paint composition to protect the paint from attack and subsequent degradation by the organisms of mold and mildew. In such operations, the salt compound is dispersed and incorporated in the latex paint in the amount of 0.3 percent by weight of the ultimate paint composition.
The paint employed in these operations is prepared by intimately blending a pigment dispersion with a letdown including a synthetic latex comprising an interpolymer of ethyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, acrylic acid and methacrylic acid. The paint has the following composition.
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Pigment dispersion:   Approximate lbs. per                                
                      100 gallons (g./l.)                                 
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Water                 140        (168)                                    
Potassium tripolyphosphate                                                
                      1.5        (1.8)                                    
Titanium dioxide      240        (288)                                    
Mica (325 mesh)       50         (60)                                     
Calcium carbonate     20         (24)                                     
Clay (finely ground)  20         (24)                                     
Propylene glycol (mol. wt. 1200)                                          
                      4          (4.8)                                    
Let down:             Approximate lbs.                                    
                      per 100 gallons(g./l.)                              
Methyl cellulose      150        (180)                                    
Synthetic latex       506        (607)                                    
Anti-foam agent       10         (12)                                     
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Wood panels are then painted with the modified compositions as well as with the unmodified paint. The panels are dried and thereafter exposed two months in a tropical chamber at a relative humidity of 95 percent and a temperature of 82°F. (28°C.). Following this period, the wood panels are examined to ascertain what control of plant growth is obtained. The examination shows a complete control of the growth of the organisms of mold and mildew.
At the time of the observation, the check panels painted with the unmodified composition are found to support a heavy growth of the organisms of mold and mildew covering approximately 75 percent of the painted surfaces.
EXAMPLE 5
Phenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, 2,2'-bisthienyliodonium chloride, and, for comparative purposes, diphenyliodonium chloride are individually dispersed in Ivory soap to provide concentrates containing 1 part by weight of iodonium salt to 50 parts by weight of soap. The soap concentrates are serially dispersed and serially diluted with liquid nutrient agar at 42°C. to prepare culture media containing various concentrations of one of the iodonium salts. The culture media are uniformly inoculated with S. aureus and plated in petri dishes. The inoculation is carried out from broth cultures of the named organism containing about 5×108 organisms per milliliter in the proportion of one-tenth milliliter of bacterial culture per 20 milliliters of cultur medium containing each test compound. In a check operation, nutrient agar containing the same amount of Ivory soap is similarly inoculated with the same organism. After two days' incubation at 37°C., the plates are examined for microbial growth. The examination shows that the plates containing 2.5 parts per million, p.p.m., by weight of phenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride and 5 parts per million by weight of 2,2'-bisthienyliodonium chloride are completely free of bacterial growth (referred to as 100 percent kill in Tables) of S. aureus while the plates containing 500 parts per million by weight of diphenyliodonium chloride and the check plates containing no iodonium salt are found to have a heavy uniform growth of the test organism.
The procedure described above is repeated with varying concentrations of 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, 3,4-dichlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, and for comparative purposes bis(4-chlorophenyl)iodonium chloride, phenyl-4-chlorophenyliodonium chloride and bis(2,4-dichlorophenyl)iodonium chloride in a series of tests wherein the culture media are inoculated individually with the organism A. aerogenes. The results obtained are summarized in following Table I.
                                  TABLE I                                 
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                           Percent Kill of                                
Thienyl Compound                                                          
               Concentration (p.p.m.)                                     
                           A. aerogenes                                   
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4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyl-                                                 
iodonium chloride                                                         
               1           100                                            
3,4-dichlorophenyl-2-                                                     
thienyliodonium chloride                                                  
               1           100                                            
For comparison                                                            
bis(4-chlorophenyl)iodo-                                                  
nium chloride  100         0                                              
phenyl-4-chlorophenyl-                                                    
iodonium chloride                                                         
               10          0                                              
bis(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-                                                  
iodonium chloride                                                         
               10          0                                              
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The procedure described above is again repeated in a series of tests wherein the culture media are inoculated individually with the organism S. typhosa and wherein the culture media contain varying concentrations of one of the iodonium salts, as set forth in following Table II. The plates upon examination exhibit results summarized in Table II.
              TABLE II                                                    
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                 Concentration                                            
                             Percent Kill                                 
Thienyl Compound (p.p.m.)    of S. Typhosa                                
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2,2'-bisthienyliodonium                                                   
chloride         5           100                                          
phenyl-2-thienyliodonium                                                  
chloride         2.5         100                                          
4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyl-                                                 
iodonium chloride                                                         
                 1           100                                          
4-bromophenyl-2-thienyl-                                                  
iodonium chloride                                                         
                 5           100                                          
3,4-dichlorophenyl-2-                                                     
thienyliodonium chloride                                                  
                 1           100                                          
For comparison                                                            
diphenyliodonium chloride                                                 
                 500         0                                            
phenyl-4-chlorophenyl-                                                    
iodonium chloride                                                         
                 10          0                                            
bis(4-bromophenyl)-iodonium                                               
chloride         10          0                                            
bis(4-bromophenyl)iodonium                                                
bromide          10          0                                            
bis(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-                                                  
iodonium chloride                                                         
                 10          0                                            
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The procedure described above is once again repeated with each of 2,2'-bisthienyliodonium chloride, phenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, 4-bromophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, bis(4-bromophenyl)iodonium chloride and bis(4-bromophenyl)iodonium bromide in a series of tests wherein the culture media are inoculated individually with the organism A. aerogenes. The results obtained are summarized in following Table III.
                                  TABLE III                               
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                           Percent Kill of                                
Thienyl Compound                                                          
               Concentration (p.p.m.)                                     
                           A. aerogenes                                   
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2,2'-bisthienyliodonium                                                   
chloride       5           100                                            
phenyl-2-thienyliodonium                                                  
chloride       2.5         100                                            
4-bromophenyl-2-thienyl-                                                  
iodonium chloride                                                         
               5           100                                            
For comparison                                                            
bis(4-bromophenyl) iodonium                                               
chloride       10          0                                              
bis(4-bromophenyl)iodonium                                                
bromide        10          0                                              
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EXAMPLE 6
A germicidal shampoo is prepared having the following weight percent composition:
A. thienyliodonium salt 2
B. 95% ethanol 2
C. triethanolamine ammonium lauryl sulfate 19.0
D. oleic diethanolamide 3.2
E. lauric isopropanolamide 1.7
F. water 72.1
F is added to a mixture of C, D and E with stirring to form a clear solution, and to the resulting solution is added a slurry of A in B with continued stirring to form a clear solution. Any of the thienyliodonium salts disclosed in Example 3 is used as ingredient A.
EXAMPLE 7
Two parts by weight of each of the thienyliodonium salt compounds identified in Example 3 is separately mixed and ground with 98 weight parts of a soap or nonionic detergent powder to give germicidal detergent compositions. By "detergent" is meant an anionic or non-ionic detergent i.e., a fatty acid soap or a non-ionic syndet soap or a mixture of fatty acid and non-ionic syndets.
EXAMPLE 8
The growth-inhibitory activity of the below-indicated compounds against some microorganisms most relevant to the human skin was determined by standard agar dilution techniques to provide the data given in following Table 1.
                                  TABLE 1                                 
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A. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN THE PRESENCE OF IVORY SOAP                   
                                  Minimum growth inhibitory concentra-    
Compound                          tion, ppm                               
                                  S. aureus                               
                                       P. aeruginosa                      
                                              S. typhosa                  
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                                  >500 >500   > 500                       
                                   5   5      5                           
                                   0.5 5      0.5                         
                                  10   >100   > 10                        
                                  10   >100    10                         
                                   1   1      1                           
                                  5    >500   >10                         
                                  1    1      1                           
                                  >500 >500   >500                        
                                  5     50    5                           
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B. ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN THE ABSENCE OF SOAP                          
                                  Minimum growth inhibitor concentra-     
Compound                          tion, ppm                               
                                  S. aureus                               
                                       P. aeruginosa                      
                                              S. typhosa                  
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                                  10   500    100                         
                                  <1    50     10                         
                                  3.13  3.13  --                          
                                  5    5      --                          
                                  1.56  3.13  --                          
                                  1.56  6.25  --                          
                                  <1   1      <1                          
                                  1    >300   1                           
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In Table 1, the first column gives the chemical structures of the test compounds, while the additional columns give the names of the test organisms and the minimum inhibitory concentration in parts per million (p.p.m.) of the compounds listed for 100% growth inhibition against the particular microorganisms indicated. A dash indicates that the compound was not tested against that organism. For each p.p.m. of test compound, 50 p.p.m. of Ivory soap was also present in the culture medium for part A of Table 1, while in part B of Table 1, the culture medium was free of any additive other than the test compound. The data for compounds 13 through 16 of part B of Table 1 were taken from Cannon U.S. Pat. No. 3,207,660 while those for compounds 17 and 18 were taken from trade literature.
The data show a difference in kind in antimicrobial activity for the thienyliodonium compounds when compared with diphenyl- and substituted diphenyliodonium compounds known to have some antimicrobial activity and closest in structure to the thienyliodonium compounds. Also, the data show no substantial difference as between culture media containing Ivory soap and not containing Ivory soap.
The antimicrobial effectiveness against P. aeruginosa (Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Pseudomonas) of the thienyliodonium salts is noteworthy. This organism is considered one of the most dangerous pathogens and is responsible for the constantly increasing number of hospital cross infections caused by gram-negative bacteria in the last decade. See, for example "Disinfection", M. A. Benarde, Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1970, 260-263 and "Inhibition and Destruction of the Microbial Cell", W. B. Hugo, Ed., Academic Press, New York, N.Y., 1971, 330-333.
EXAMPLE 9
The range-finding oral median lethal dose (LD50) for iodonium and other antimicrobial compounds, including diphenyl- and thienyliodonium salts as well as several proprietary products was determined in mice. Compounds 1 through 11 of following Table 2 were fed to five groups of two mice each, the test compound being administered in suspension in corn oil as a single oral dose and the mortality experience of the mice was observed over a 14-day period. Data for compounds 12 through 15 were taken from U.S. Pat. No. 3,207,660, and for compounds 16 through 18 were taken from trade literature.
                                  Table 2                                 
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COMPARISON OF ORAL MEDIAN LETHAL DOSE (LD.sub.50) OF IODONIUM             
SALTS AND PROPRIETARY ANTIMICROBIALS                                      
                                     TOXICITY                             
                                      Oral LD.sub.50                      
                                      (mice)                              
Compound                             mg/kg                                
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                                     56.2                                 
                                     68                                   
                                     2000                                 
                                      500                                 
                                     >4000                                
                                     2000                                 
                                      750                                 
                                     1500                                 
                                     3000                                 
                                     3000                                 
                                     4000                                 
                                     12.5                                 
                                      8.75±0.57                        
                                     8-10                                 
                                       21.32±3.2                       
                                     66 (S.C.)*                           
                                     4000                                 
                                      161                                 
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 *TFA=trifluoroacetate                                                    
 *S. C.=subcutaneous                                                      
Table 2 shows that whereas (p-chlorophenyl)(phenyliodonium)chloride, is shown in Table 1 to be one of the more effective antimicrobials of the diphenyliodonium type, it has a low and undesirable LD50 of 68 mg/kg in mice. The antimicrobial iodolium etc. compounds of Cannon U.S. Pat. No. 3,207,660 have even lower LD50 values, ranging between 8 and 21.32 ± 3.2 mg/kg in mice. Of the proprietary compounds, Merthiolate has an LD50 of 66 subcutaneously and hexachlorophene has an oral LD50 of 161. Irgasan antimicrobial, having a reported LD50 of 4,000 mg/kg in mice, has a minimum growth inhibiting concentration of more than 300 ppm against P. aeruginosa. The thienyliodonium antimicrobials are more effective and have desirably high LD50 values of 500 to more than 4,000, as shown.
EXAMPLE 10
Based on the screening data reported above, which showed for the thienyliodonium salts in general a high level of antimicrobial activity against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria coupled with a desirable low level of toxicity additional tests were carried out for the representative compound p-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, hereinafter referred to as "ClPhThICl", as follows. Conventional serial dilution tests for inhibitory activity of the said compound against a plurality of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, fungi and yeasts were carried out starting with the following formulations.
I: 0.1% clPhThICL: 5.0 gms of dried powdered Dove soap (coconut oil acid ester of sodium isethionate) in 94.9 ml. of water.
Ii: 0.25% clPhThICl: 55% Varifoam YM (modified alcohol sulfate, 38% active), 0.1% citric acid in 44% water. pH 5.5.
Iii: 0.125% clPhThICl: 50% Tergitol 15-S-9, (polyglycol ether of linear alcohol, 100% active), 0.05% citric acid in 50% water. pH 2.2.
Iv: 0.25% clPhThICl in Touch of Sweden hand lotion, pH ca. 5.5.
V: 0.25% clPhThICl: 0.1% citric acid in glycerin
Vi: 0.25% clPhThICl: 0.1% citric acid in ethanol
Vii: 0.1% clPhThICl: 0.1% citric acid in Dowanol DPM (dipropylene glycol monomethyl ether)
Viii: 0.1% clPhThICl: in water
Formulations VI and VII were aged 3 weeks at room temperature before being tested for antimicrobial activity. The other compositions were not aged before testing.
Test Procedure: Initially, a stock solution in water for each formulation was prepared by dilution to contain 100 ppm ClPhThICl. From this 100 ppm stock solution, test agars were prepared by mixing appropriate amounts of the stock solution with a measured amount of sterile molten agar that had been cooled to 60°C. The treated molten agar was immediately mixed and poured into a sterile petri dish. Nutrient agar was used for testing bacteria and malt yeast agar for fungi and yeasts. In most cases, the test agars containing 10, 7.5, 5.0, 2.5, 1.0, 0.75 and 0.5 ppm of ClPhThICl were prepared from each formulation as described above. In the case of fungi and yeasts, a concentration of 50 ppm was also tested. Agars containing the formulation without the antimicrobial were also included at the appropriate levels to test the activity of the formulation.
The test cultures were applied to the surface of the hardened agar with a sterile cotton swab. A streak of about 11/2 inches long was made. The inoculated plates were incubated for 48 hours at 30°C. Results in Table 3 are recorded as growth or no growth for the minimum concentration for 100% inhibition of growth. In all cases, the next lower concentration tested failed to inhibit growth of the microorganism completely. The blank spaces indicate that the formulation was not tested against the indicated microorganism.
                                  Table 3                                 
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A: MINIMUM CONCENTRATION IN PPM OF ClPhThICl GIVING 100% INHIBITION OF    
BACTERIA                                                                  
               Formulation                                                
Microorganism  I    II   III  IV   V    VI**                              
                                            VII**                         
                                                VIII                      
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Staphylococcus aureus                                                     
               1.0  *    <1.0 2.5  2.5  2.5 5.0 0.75                      
Staphylococcus albus                                                      
               0.75 <1.0 2.5  2.5  <1.0         0.25                      
Salmonella typhosa                                                        
               <0.5 <1.0 *    <1.0 <1.0 2.5 5.0 0.75                      
Salmonella paratyphi                                                      
               <0.5 <1.0 <1.0 2.5  <1.0         <0.5                      
Salmonella choleraseus                                                    
               <0.5                             <0.5                      
Bacillus subtilis                                                         
               <0.5 <1.0 *    <1.0 <1.0 1.0 1.0 <0.5                      
Bacillus mycoides                                                         
               1.0  *    *    2.5  2.5          2.5                       
Bacillus megaterium                                                       
               1.0  *    *    2.5  2.5          2.5                       
Pseudomonas aeruginosa                                                    
               0.75 <1.0 5.0  <1.0 <1.0 5.0 5.0 0.75                      
Pseudomonas spp PRD-10                                                    
               1.0  *    *    2.5  2.5  2.5 2.5 2.5                       
Pseudomonas fluorescens                                                   
               2.5  2.5  2.5  2.5  2.5          <0.5                      
Aerobacter aerogenes                                                      
               1.0  2.5  2.5  2.5  2.5  2.5 5.0 2.5                       
Alcaligens faecales                                                       
               5.0  2.5  2.5  5.0  7.5  7.5 7.5 1.0                       
Escherechia coli                                                          
               1.0  2.5  2.5  2.5  2.5  2.5 5.0 2.5                       
Proteus vulgaris                                                          
               2.5  *    2.5  5.0  7.5          2.5                       
Proteus mirabilis                                                         
               2.5  <1.0 <1.0 5.0  7.5                                    
Proteus morginii                                                          
               1.0                              <0.5                      
Flavobacteria arborescens                                                 
               2.5  <1.0 2.5  5.0  5.0          <0.5                      
Micrococcus candidus                                                      
               2.5  2.5  2.5  5.0  10           1.0                       
Sarcina lutea  0.75 *    *    2.5  2.5                                    
Brevibacterium ammoneagenes                                               
               1.0  *    *    2.5  2.5          2.5                       
Serratia marcescens                                                       
               2.5  5.0  5.0  2.5  2.5                                    
Streptococcus mutans                                                      
               *              <1.0 <1.0                                   
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 *Formulation itself indicates activity at a concentration equivalent to  
 the amount used which would contain 10 ppm of ClPhThICl.                 
 **Formulations aged 3 weeks at room temperature before being tested.     
B: Minimum Concentration in ppm of ClPhThICl Giving                       
100% Inhibition of Fungi and Yeast                                        
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                    Formulations                                          
Microorganism       I          IV         V                               
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Saccharomyces cereviseae                                                  
                    >50        50         50                              
Candida albicans    5.0        50         >50                             
Candida pelliculosa 10         >50        >50                             
Trichophyton mentagrophytes                                               
                    *          50         50                              
Aspergillus terreus *          50         >50                             
Pencillium chrysogenum                                                    
                    *          50         >50                             
Pityrosporum ovale  2.5        5.0        7.5                             
Trichoderma spp     10         50         >50                             
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 *Formulation itself indicates activity at a concentration equivalent to  
 the amount which would contain 50 ppm of ClPhThICl                       
EXAMPLE 11
Also, the oral median lethal dose, LD50, was determined for ClPhThICl in Swiss mice (Cox strain) within a weight range of 16 to 22 grams. Five groups of mice, each consisting of 15 males and 15 females, were given ClPhThICl in an aqueous 0.5 percent METHOCEL hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (4000 cps.) suspension at a concentration of 300 mg/ml. The compound was administered as a single oral dose at 0.2 logarithmic dose intervals (708, 1120, 1780, 2820, 4450 mg/kg) and the following mortality experience was noted:
         No. Dead at                                                      
                   No. Dead at                                            
                             No. Dead at                                  
Dose     24 Hours  7 Days    14 Days                                      
Group                                                                     
    (mg/kg)                                                               
         Males                                                            
              Females                                                     
                   Males                                                  
                        Females                                           
                             Males                                        
                                  Females                                 
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1    708  0/15                                                            
               0/15                                                       
                    0/15                                                  
                         1/15                                             
                              1/15                                        
                                   2/15                                   
2   1120  0/15                                                            
               0/15                                                       
                    1/15                                                  
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                              1/15                                        
                                   2/15                                   
3   1780  3/15                                                            
               4/15                                                       
                    8/15                                                  
                         8/15                                             
                              9/15                                        
                                   8/15                                   
4   2820 11/15                                                            
               8/15                                                       
                   14/15                                                  
                        14/15                                             
                             14/15                                        
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5   4450 15/15                                                            
              13/15                                                       
                   15/15                                                  
                        15/15                                             
                             15/15                                        
                                  15/15                                   
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The percent of total mortalities occurring was 16.0, 66.6, 81.5, and 91.3 at 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours post-treatment, respectively. The last death occurred in a female (1120 mg/kg group) on day 14 of the study. LD50 values and 95 percent confidence limits calculated at 24 hours, 7 and 14 days by the method of Litchfield-wilcoxon were as follows:
24 hours:                                                                 
Male mice                                                                 
         2300 mg/kg                                                       
                   95% Confidence limits 1916-2760                        
                   mg/kg                                                  
Female mice                                                               
         2700 mg/kg                                                       
                   95% Confidence limits 2300-3591                        
                   mg/kg                                                  
7 Days                                                                    
Male mice                                                                 
         1760 mg/kg                                                       
                   95% Confidence limits 1353-2288                        
                   mg/kg                                                  
Female mice                                                               
         1700 mg/kg                                                       
                   95% Confidence limits 1172-2455                        
                   mg/kg                                                  
14 Days                                                                   
Male mice                                                                 
         1760 mg/kg                                                       
                   95% Confidence limits 1353-2288                        
                   mg/kg                                                  
Female mice                                                               
         1580 mg/kg                                                       
                   95% Confidence limits 1264-1975                        
                   mg/kg                                                  
The oral median lethal dose (LD50) of ClPhThICl was also determined in Sprague-Dawley (Cox strain) rats within a weight range of 93 to 118 grams. Five groups of rats, each consisting of 10 males and 10 females, were given the compound in an aqueous 0.5 percent METHOCEL hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (4000 cps.) suspension at a concentration of 300 mg/ml. The compound was administered as a single oral dose at 0.2 logarithmic dose intervals (709, 1120, 1780, 2820, 4450 mg/kg), and the following mortality experience was noted:
         No. Dead at                                                      
                  No. Dead at                                             
                            No. Dead at                                   
Dose     24 Hours 7 Days    14 Days                                       
Group                                                                     
    (mg/kg)                                                               
         Males                                                            
             Females                                                      
                  Males                                                   
                       Females                                            
                            Males                                         
                                 Females                                  
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1    708 1/10                                                             
              0/10                                                        
                   1/10                                                   
                        0/10                                              
                             1/10                                         
                                  0/10                                    
2   1120 1/10                                                             
              2/10                                                        
                   2/10                                                   
                        6/10                                              
                             2/10                                         
                                  6/10                                    
3   1780 4/10                                                             
              6/10                                                        
                   9/10                                                   
                        7/10                                              
                             9/10                                         
                                  7/10                                    
4   2820 8/10                                                             
              9/10                                                        
                   8/10                                                   
                       10/10                                              
                             8/10                                         
                                 10/10                                    
5   4450 9/10                                                             
             10/10                                                        
                  10/10                                                   
                       10/10                                              
                            10/10                                         
                                 10/10                                    
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The percent of total mortalities occurring was 53.9, 79.3, 85.7 and 93.6 at 6, 24, 48 and 72 hours post-treatment, respectively. The last death occurred between 72 and 96 hours post-treatment in male rats in the 1780 and 4450 mg/kg groups. LD50 values and 95 percent confidence limits calculated at 24 hours, 7 and 14 days by the method of Litchfield-Wilcoxon were as follows:
24 Hours                                                                  
Male rats  1800 mg/kg 95% Confidence limits 1241-                         
                      2610 mg/kg                                          
Female rats                                                               
           1600 mg/kg 95% Confidence limits 1230-                         
                      2080 mg/kg                                          
7 and 14 Days                                                             
Male rats  1640 mg/kg 95% Confidence limits 1171-                         
                      2296 mg/kg                                          
Female rats                                                               
           1100 mg/kg 95% Confidence limits 785-                          
                      1540 mg/kg                                          
EXAMPLE 12
The growth-inhibitory activity of 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, trifluoroacetate and trichloroacetate salts against some microorganisms most relevant to the human skin was determined by standard agar dilution tests using conventional nutrient agar for testing bacteria and conventional malt yeast agar for testing fungi and yeasts and wherein the culture medium was free of any additive other than the test compound and water used to dissolve the same. The test plates were incubated at 30°C. for 72 hours. Results are summarized in the following Table.
GROWTH INHIBITORY CONCENTRATIONS                                          
4-CHLOROPHENYL-2-THIENYLIODONIUM:                                         
Concentration                                                             
        Chloride         Trifluoroacetate                                 
                                         Trichloroacetate                 
ppm, agar                                                                 
        Bacteria Fungi, Yeasts                                            
                         Bacteria                                         
                                 Fungi, Yeasts                            
                                         Bacteria                         
                                                 Fungi, Yeasts            
basis   Sa*                                                               
           St                                                             
             Aa                                                           
               Pa                                                         
                 Ca                                                       
                   Tm                                                     
                     Pd                                                   
                       T Sa                                               
                           St                                             
                             Aa                                           
                               Pa                                         
                                 Ca                                       
                                   Tm                                     
                                     Pd                                   
                                       T Sa                               
                                           St                             
                                             Aa                           
                                               Pa                         
                                                 Ca                       
                                                   Tm                     
                                                     Pd                   
                                                       T                  
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100     -  - - - - - ∓                                                 
                       - - - - - ∓                                     
                                   - ∓                                 
                                       - - - - - - - ∓                 
                                                       -                  
75      -  - - - - - ∓                                                 
                       - - - - - ∓                                     
                                   - ±                                 
                                       - - -       -                      
                                                   -                      
                                                   ∓                   
                                                   - + -                  
50      -  - - - ±                                                     
                   - + - - - - - + - + - - -       -                      
                                                   -                      
                                                   +                      
                                                   - + -                  
25      -  - - - + - + ±                                               
                         - - - - + - + + - -       -                      
                                                   -                      
                                                   +                      
                                                   - + +                  
10      -  - - - + - + + - - - - + - + + - -       -                      
                                                   -                      
                                                   +                      
                                                   - + +                  
7.5     -  - - - + - + + - - - - + - + + - -       -                      
                                                   -                      
                                                   +                      
                                                   - + +                  
5.0     -  - - - + - + + - - - - + - + + - -       -                      
                                                   -                      
                                                   +                      
                                                   - + +                  
2.5     -  - - - + - + + - - - - + - + + - -       -                      
                                                   ∓                   
                                                   +                      
                                                   - + +                  
1.0     +  ∓                                                           
             ∓                                                         
               ∓                                                       
                 + - + + + ∓                                           
                             + + + - + + + ∓    +                      
                                                   ±                   
                                                   +                      
                                                   - + +                  
Untreated                                                                 
control +  + + + + + + +                                                  
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 *Rating:                                                                 
 + = growth ± = greater than 50% reduction of growth ∓ = greater tha
 90% reduction of growth - = no growth                                    
 Sa = S. aureus                                                           
 Ca = C. albicans                                                         
 St = S. typhosa                                                          
 Tm = T. mentagrophytes                                                   
 Aa = A. aerogenes                                                        
 Pd = P. digitatum                                                        
 Pa = P. aeruginosa                                                       
 T = Trichoderma Species Madison P-42                                     

Claims (2)

What is claimed is:
1. A germicidal detergent composition for controlling microbes of the group consisting of bacteria, fungi and yeasts comprising an anionic, nonionic or mixture of an anionic and a nonionic detergent and an antimicrobial amount of 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride, trifluoroacetate or trichloroacetate salt.
2. The germicidal detergent of claim 1 wherein the active agent is 4-chlorophenyl-2-thienyliodonium chloride.
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